Matthew Wong
When I stumbled onto Matthew Wong’s Facebook page, in 2013, his timeline was like a virtual salon, with artists, dealers, curators, and critics carrying out spirited painting-centric discussions on his...
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Cyprien Gaillard, Nightlife (still), 2015, 3-D motion picture, DCI DCP, 14 minutes, 56 seconds. Gladstone Gallery. ©CYPRIEN GAILLARD/COURTESY THE ARTIST, SPRÜTH MAGERS, AND GLADSTONE GALLERY, NEW YORK...
View ArticleBe a Body: Shows Around New York Take Up the Materiality of Screen-Based Work
Ernst Caramelle, Video-Ping-Pong, 1974, mixed-media installation, dimensions variable, installation view. SculptureCenter. KYLE KNODELL/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GENERALI FOUNDATION, VIENNA Long live the...
View ArticleCheck, Please: A Jonathan Monk ‘Restaurant Drawing’ Can Be Yours—For the...
Jonathan Monk, “Restaurant Drawings,” Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019. JASON WYCHE/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CASEY KAPLAN, NEW YORK When Jonathan Monk goes out for dinner, he tends to eat freely—literally...
View ArticlePainting Boredom
Henni Alftan, Classroom, 2020, oil on canvas, 28 3/4 by 23 2/3 inches; at Karma. At a time when events seem to accumulate rather than unfold, when news is always breaking, and boredom alleviated with...
View ArticleMatthew Wong Ink Works, Never Before Exhibited, Will Alight in New York
When the artist Matthew Wong was just starting his painting practice, in 2013, he said in an interview that he had no fixed schedule for going about his work—with one exception. “The only thing that...
View ArticleBad Fruit, Fertile Ground: Kathleen Ryan at Karma
For her second solo show in New York, Kathleen Ryan presents a total of ten sculptures in Karma’s two East Village galleries. Several recent sculptures from the artist’s ongoing “Bad Fruit” series...
View ArticleAn Upstart Fair Focused on Art from the 1970s to Open Amid the Cram of Frieze...
With two weeks worth of art fairs in New York, from Independent to Frieze, the city is about to add one more, a new initiative called That ’70s Show. Organized by dealer Eric Firestone during the past...
View ArticleArtist Jonas Wood Discusses His Latest Exhibition Focused on His Drawing...
Los Angeles–based artist Jonas Wood is best known for his paintings that feature landscapes, vessels, interiors, plants, and his love of sports. Recent exhibitions include “Henri Matisse & Jonas...
View ArticleUnder-the-Radar Gallery Shows to Check Out in LA During Frieze Week
Los Angeles has been in the throes of a gallery boom for a few years now, with major blue-chip players opening outposts throughout the city, from mega-galleries like Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner,...
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